HIS 113 - West Civ: Early Modern to Pres

1. Explain the rise of the modern state
   1. Discuss absolutism
   2. Discuss constitutional monarchy
   3. Discuss liberal democracy
   4. Discuss totalitarianism
2. Analyze the origins and varieties of ideologies
   1. Explain conservatism
   2. Explain liberalism
   3. Explain nationalism
   4. Explain socialism
   5. Explain communism
   6. Explain fascism
   7. Explain religious fundamentalism
3. Analyze the concept of a modern society and the process of modernization
4. Analyze the rise and varieties of economic transformations
   1. Examine the agricultural revolution
   2. Examine the industrial revolution
5. Analyze a few of the many political transformations
   1. Examine the French Revolutions
   2. Examine the Russian Revolution
   3. Examine the Nazi Revolution
6. Discuss the purposes origins of the many wars
   1. Discuss the imperial wars of the 18th century
   2. Discuss the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars
   3. Discuss the origins of World War I.
   4. Discuss the origins of World War II
7. Examine the world wide confrontation of the Cold War
   1. Discuss the origins of the Cold War
   2. Discuss the many impacts of the Cold War
   3. Discuss the demise of the Cold War
8. Examine the rise of modern science and intellectual culture
   1. Discuss the scientific revolution of early modern Europe
   2. Discuss the Enlightenment
   3. Discuss Darwinism
   4. Discuss the continuing scientific achievements in modern society
   5. Discuss the importance of religion
9. Explain the many impacts of the West on the non-western World
   1. Discuss the West’s impact on Japan
   2. Discuss the West’s impact on China
   3. Discuss the West’s impact on Africa
10. Discuss the relationship between the West and the Middle East from Napoleon to the present
11. Analyze the origins of the European Union
12. Explain the concept and process of modernization as it relates to the West and non-Western world in respect to
    1. Mass society
    2. Health and longevity
    3. Sexuality, gender and gender relations, and family
    4. Social structure